Motueka Swim Club
Nelson Marlborough · South Island
A typical Motueka swimmer in 2026 so far, stroke by stroke: faster than … of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender in New Zealand. 50 is typical.
* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.
Who raced for Motueka?
5 swimmers raced for Motueka in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
How often do they set personal bests?
Of their races in an event they had swum before, 76 in 100 were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often, 66 in 100.
Personal bests per 100 races in an event the swimmer had swum before.
| Per 100 races | |
|---|---|
| Motueka | 76 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 66 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 5 swimmers
Who stays with Motueka?
1 of 6 Motueka swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Motueka again this year; for swimmers of the same age across New Zealand, 68 in 100.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Motueka in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Motueka | 17 |
| Raced for another club | 33 |
| No race this year | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 6 swimmers of 2025
Where do Motueka swimmers come from, and go?
3 swimmers joined Motueka from another club and 10 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most went to Waimea (7).
Swimmers who raced for one club in a year and for another the next; each band as wide as the number who moved, and the clubs stand in the same order on both sides. Clubs with fewer than 3 moves are together as “other clubs”.
| Club | Came | Went |
|---|---|---|
| Waimea | – | 7 |
| Other clubs | 3 | 3 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 13 moves
Who is still racing for Motueka years later?
Of Motueka swimmers of a year, 51 in 100 raced for Motueka again the next year and 26 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 64 in 100 and 40 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for Motueka one, two, three… years on, in the same months. Peers are New Zealand swimmers of the same start year, age and gender.
Years on, per 100 swimmers of the start year.
| one year on | two years on | three years on | four years on | five years on | six years on | seven years on | eight years on | nine years on | ten years on | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motueka | 51 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 64 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 90 swimmer-years one year on
How has Motueka changed over the years?
5 swimmers raced for Motueka in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 37% fewer than in the same months of 2016 and as many as in 2022, the fewest; 17% fewer than in 2025; the most were in 2021 (18); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Motueka from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 18 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Motueka, and who left?
5 swimmers raced for Motueka in 2026, against 6 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 1 stayed, 5 left (3 stopped racing, 2 raced for other clubs); 4 joined: 4 new to racing, 0 from other clubs, 0 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Motueka in the same months of each year (1 Jan to 10 Nov), set beside the year before.
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
How fast are they for their age?
A typical Motueka swimmer is faster than 23 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: nearly 1 in 6 of them are faster than New Zealand’s typical swimmer of their age.
Peers are New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender, compared by the World Aquatics points of their best race (one scale for every stroke and distance; 1,000 is about world-record speed).
| Faster than … of 100 | |
|---|---|
| A typical Motueka swimmer | 23 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender · n = 5 swimmers with points
How does Motueka compare with other clubs?
It is 97th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 24th of 29 clubs of 5 to 24 swimmers (5th of 5 in Nelson Marlborough).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Motueka | In NZ | Clubs of 5 to 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers23 of 100 | 97th of 106 | 24th of 29 |
| Swimmers5 | 105th of 106 | 28th of 29 |
| Kept, beyond their age−51 in 100 | 104th of 104 | 27th of 27 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time0 | 86th of 105 | 13th of 29 |
Where did Motueka race?
Motueka swimmers raced at 6 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
How old are the swimmers?
They are 9 to 13 years old; across New Zealand, nearly 2 in 3 are 10 to 14.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 9 | 1 |
| 10 | 1 |
| 11 | 1 |
| 12 | 1 |
| 13 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 5 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 6 times, at 2 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 15 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 3 |
| 11 to 20 | 1 |
| 21 to 30 | 1 |
| 31 to 40 | 0 |
| 41 to 50 | 0 |
| 51 or more | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 5 swimmers
When do Motueka swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 17 Jan, with 17 races; all told, 60 races and about 4.4 km of racing.
Each cell is a week of 2026, from the first of January; the darker, the more races. Empty cells are weeks without a race; the outline fades for weeks still to come.
| Week | Races |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 |
| 11 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 |
| 24 | 0 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 0 |
| 30 | 0 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 0 |
| 33 | 0 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 0 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 0 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 0 |
| 40 | 0 |
| 41 | 0 |
| 42 | 0 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 5 |
| 45 | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 60 races